Premier League match preview: Olimpik Donetsk versus Lviv

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Competition: Ukraine Premier League
Competition: Fri 11.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky (16873 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Olimpik Donetsk are in the 6th position while the guesting Lviv worry at 13th.

Insights:
  • Olimpik Donetsk has the most matches over the total-line (8) in Premier League
  • Lviv has the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Olimpik Donetsk form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Olimpik Donetsk, who have the most conceded goals (13) at home in Premier League, at their home stadium (Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Olimpik Donetsk's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Rukh Vynnyky (placed 14th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Inhulets.

Olimpik Donetsk have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Dynamo im. Valery Lobanovsky with 13 goals in 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Olimpik Donetsk defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Lviv form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lviv, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose).

Lviv's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Inhulets that finished 1-1. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Mariupol.

Goals are few and far between in Lviv's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. The Lviv manager G. Tsetsadze has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Olimpik Donetsk five wins, two draws and Lviv one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olimpik DonetskS. Zahedi
S. Zahedi
8 goals
OlimpikS. Politylo
S. Politylo
3 goals
Olimpik DonetskO. Muyiwa
O. Muyiwa
3 goals

Olimpik Donetsk missing players

Lviv missing players

Olimpik Donetsk Lviv
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 7 2 Played P 2 6 11
5 3 2 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
5 3 0 Lost L 2 4 7
19 13 6 Scored S 0 3 7
19 13 1 Conceded C 5 13 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
91% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 64%
73% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 55%
45% 57% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 55%
27% 43% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 18%
64% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 45%
9% 14% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 27%
27% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.7 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 3.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.5 11.4 7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 10.3 9.3
4.7 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.1
37% 41% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 21%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Lviv has the fewest scored goals (7) in Premier League
  • Lviv has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
  • Lviv has the most conceded goals (25) in Premier League
  • Lviv has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Premier League
  • Lviv has the the worst goal difference (-18) in Premier League
  • Lviv have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Olimpik Donetsk has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Premier League
  • Olimpik Donetsk has the most conceded goals (13) at home in Premier League
  • Olimpik Donetsk has the most matches over the total-line (8) in Premier League
  • Olimpik Donetsk have scored more than double the goals of Lviv.
  • Olimpik Donetsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dynamo Kyiv 12 9 2 1 23 8 6 3 2 1 7 5 6 6 0 0 16 3 15 29
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 12 7 5 0 30 11 7 5 2 0 21 6 5 2 3 0 9 5 19 26
3 Vorskla 11 5 4 2 16 8 4 3 1 0 10 2 7 2 3 2 6 6 8 19
4 Desna 11 4 5 2 15 11 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 1 4 1 6 6 4 17
5 Kolos Kovalivka 11 4 4 3 15 13 6 2 3 1 9 5 5 2 1 2 6 8 2 16
6 Olimpik Donetsk 11 5 1 5 19 19 7 3 1 3 13 13 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 16
7 Mariupol 12 4 4 4 14 17 1 0 0 1 1 2 11 4 4 3 13 15 -3 16
8 Oleksandria 11 4 3 4 18 15 7 4 2 1 15 9 4 0 1 3 3 6 3 15
9 Zorya 10 3 5 2 18 9 5 1 3 1 7 4 5 2 2 1 11 5 9 14
10 Inhulets 12 1 8 3 13 17 7 1 5 1 7 8 5 0 3 2 6 9 -4 11
11 Minai 11 2 3 6 8 22 6 2 1 3 4 10 5 0 2 3 4 12 -14 9
12 Dnipro-1 11 2 2 7 14 21 7 1 1 5 7 12 4 1 1 2 7 9 -7 8
13 Lviv 11 2 2 7 7 25 5 1 1 3 4 12 6 1 1 4 3 13 -18 8
14 Rukh Vynnyky 12 0 6 6 8 22 6 0 4 2 4 7 6 0 2 4 4 15 -14 6

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The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of football in Ukraine. It was created in 1991 as Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union. Twelve teams play each other twice in a 22 match regular season to create a league table. The table then splits in half resulting in a Championship round and a Relegation round, each playing ten more fixtures.